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THE GUILD WARS 2 BLOG KREWE LOVE PETS!
Guild Wars 2 Ranger PetsIn Guild Wars 2, pets will be the defining aspect of the Ranger profession. Rangers have two terrestrial and two aquatic pet slots into which they can place nameable, controllable and fully customizable pets. (Amphibious pets are able to occupy either terrestrial or aquatic slots.) Don't worry though, you don't have to feed, groom or clean up after these pets! At the time of writing this there are forty six different pets in GW2! Pets are grouped in different catagories and pets in each catagory have a very specific role to play and a different set of skills and abilities to complement that role. Depending on the situation and / or party structure the ranger finds themselves in, they may choose a bear who's good at tanking, a Drake who's a high damage pet or a brown bear who's good at removing conditions. The ranger still charms pets into joining him as faithful companions in the same way as they did in the original Guild Wars, however in GW2 you get to choose between three different pets right from the start with those choices varying according to your race. You can manage your pets using the Pet Management panel where you'll be able to select your primary and secondary pets (the two pets you can hot-swap between). Moa birds, Spiders, Lizards, Wolves and Bears are once again available as pets but there are also some new additions in Guild Wars 2 including the first water-based pet, the Shark! As terrestrial pets can't go underwater, this will be a popular companion when exploring the numerous aquatic areas of Guild Wars 2. In Guild Wars 2 each pet belongs to a species and each species belongs to a family. For example, a snow leopard is a species belonging to the feline pet family. The ranger must charm whichever pet they want and once they do that, it unlocks that pet's species allowing you to equip that species into any pet slot whenever you're out of combat. Each animal family has 3 family skills that define that family's basic behavior. For example, devourers use ranged attacks, drakes do AoE damage, bears are hard to kill etc. These skills are automatically used by the pet. Each species within a family has a unique activated skill that does something cool. For example, brown bears have a roar that removes conditions, while polar bears have an icy roar that freezes enemies. This family skill has a cooldown which the ranger activates by pressing the F2 key.
Below is a short video from the Guild Wars 2 Beta weekend in February 2012. It shows a ranger using the
In Guild Wars 2, a ranger can collect and use every type of pet in the game without having to worry about stables or leveling the pets from scratch as the pet's level is determined by the level of the ranger, so if you get to level 50 and you want to charm a new type of pet, you don't have to spend time levelling that pet.
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Behavior Modes The animal companion AI has two modes which can be toggled.
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Commands Direct commands are acted on immediately by the animal companion.
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| Guild Wars 2 rangers will also have the choice to use some of their personal skill slots to make their pets even more effective. For example, rangers might bring "Heal as One" in their healing skill slot, which heals both the ranger and his pet but is a less effective self heal than he might otherwise bring. A player is free to change any skills the pet uses whenever they are outside of combat. |
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